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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

CHARLES J. P. ARIAIL, OF ROXBURY, CONNECTICUT.

METHOD OF APPLYING ONE STREAM O'F WATER T0 ASSIST IN RAISING ANOTHER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 15,597', dated August 26, 1856.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHAs J. P. ARIAIL, of Roxbury, county of Litchfield,and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Apparatus for Raising Water, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, referf ence being had to theaccompanying draw ing, making part of this specication.

Figure l represents a side elevation of my improved apparatus complete.Fig. 2 is a plan of the body or shell with the rotating plate and valvesremoved, showin.r the concentric annular grooves or channels, .and Fig.3, is also a side elevation of the rotating plate detached showing theselfacting valves from its lower surface in a vertical position.

Like letters lindicate the same parts in all the figures.

The nature of my invention consists in the arrangement of two concentricannular channels, to which are fitted self-acting rotating valves, whichvalves are operated by suction and pressure for the purpose of elevatingwater.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my improvedapparatus for elevating water, I will proceed to a description of thesame in detail.

A in the accompanying drawing represents the body or shell in which areformed two concentric, annular channels (B) To this shell is fitted arevolving plate (D) to which are secured self-acting valves (e) ingpassed (by their own gravity) to be in readiness to enter the channelsagain as seen in Fig. 1. The back of these valves rest against shouldersformed by the recesses in the plate (D) by which they are held in avertical position while passing through the channels (B) To the channel(B) is arranged a siphon (E) Figs. l and (2)-by the suction of which andthe pressure of water behind the valve (e) the )plate (D) is caused torotate. To the channel (C) is arranged a. pipe (S) through the waterconned in and forced through said channel by the valve (c) is elevated.The pipe (s) is somewhat smaller than the siphon (E) and may be variedaccording to the height or distance to which water is desired to becarried.

This apparatus is immersed the reservoir as shown in red lines, Fig. l,the escape water passing through the siphon (E) by which, and thepressure of water behind the valve (e) the apparatus is set in motion,while the water forced through the channel (C) by the valve (o) isconducted through the pipe (s) to any desired point.

Having thus fully described my improved apparatus for raising water,what I claim therein as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent islThe arrangement for raising water of two concentric, annular channels,to which are tted self-acting rotating valves; attaching to one channela siphon, through the suction of which and pressure of water following,the rotating valves are operated, constructed and arranged substantiallyas described.

CHAS J. P. ARIAIL. lVitnesses I. W. Woon,

GEO. W. ALLEMY.

